woodduck

so is it one or two?

I have 7 built, lots of older frames wheels parts etc.

1 good road bike
1 not so good road bike
2 vintage road bikes
1 mountain bike
1 track bike
1 old bmx race bike

I like to collect and build them as much as I like riding them, only ride my good road bike and my track bike to be honest, unless something is really wrong then I'll use my not so good back up road bike.

powerhouse

Two.

1. A 1985 Specialized Alpino Uno.
2. A 1990 Trek 850 Antelope

Both bicycles are mountain bicycles but I equipped the Trek 850 more for road cycling and to handle the hazards one would find on the street. The Alpino Uno was definately better able for offroad use.
If one bicycle needed repairs, I had the other to use.

I still have the Alpino Uno but it is not roadworthy and needs serious repairs. I have kept the Trek 850well-maintained and it continues to provide good service today.

banerjek

Precisely. I have 5 bikes because my wife won't yet let me have 6.

DenisMenchov

1 stumpjumper which serves as my all purpose bike as it basically can handle any road/trail.

Going to get a road bike soon though.

D.J.M.

3 road bikes, one of which has a broken CF frame.
1 hybrid commuter, crap bike, takes a beating.

4 in total :-)

wharfrat

3. One old Trek 850 MTB that is used for errands and farmer's market runs and two road bikes. A 2006 LeMond Etape and a 2009 Specialized Allez. I won't get another road bike unless I someday sell off one. I'm committed to enjoying the two I have and spending money on upgrades or accessories for them. I only really intended on having the utility/MTB and one road bike. However, I sold a Tourmalet a while back and regretted it. The LeMond popped up for a "can't pass it up" price so, I grabbed it. Done.

JohnDThompson 

How many? Somewhere between "a few" and "too d**n many" depending on who you ask.

Why? Because I like bikes.

txvintage

Yep.

6 Roadies
1 Tourer
1 Cruiser/Grocery Getter

availpunk9

-road bike
-cross race bike
-cross commuter
-rain road bike frameset, waiting on parts
-random cross frameset that I haven't figured out what to do with

lshaped

I have 3 bikes

Specialized Roubaix- for road riding and centuries
Trek 7.5 fx- commuter bike decked out with rack, panniers etc
Raleigh Mojave- mountain bike for rail trails and poor weather riding

oilman_15106

Great reply! As to why? I saw a TV show where a guy actually built a 6,000 sq ft house to house his 70,000 beer can collection. He flew to Italy to buy a collection of beer cans without telling his wife he was doing it. Says he "forgot to tell her".

So my answer for the why part is "Gee I don't know".

saratoga

Three:

Road bike
Low-end Fisher Marlin for rain, general bs riding
Buell for fun

Currently looking for a junker road bike to ride in the rain or commute with because balls to the wall @ 15 on the MTB doesn't cut it.

Brian Ratliff

Good on you. Pat on the back.

Most of us here aren't talented enough to race a bike for a living. If I were a pro, and had a bike or two lent to me every year, then I too would ride those bikes to do everything. But I'm not. I have to pay for my bikes.

To put it in perspective... how many different bikes have you ridden in your pro career? I'll bet it's more than two. You see, you got the privilege of riding bikes you didn't own. Say your career was five years long (to be conservative; if you were winning national races, your career was probably longer than five years), two bikes a year, that makes 10 bikes over five years that you've sat your ass down on. Contrast that to myself. I have to buy my bike, and I ride it for several years, perhaps a decade. So while you were off riding your 10 bikes, I'm sitting here riding the same two or three or five bikes for years at a time. While your two bikes were top of the line racing bikes, provided to you so you could do your job, I have a single modestly good bike for racing, and several others scrapped and scrimmed together from spare parts and lessor components.

Think about that for a second. You've probably sat your ass down on more bikes in your career than I will during my entire lifetime. And if you had to pay for them, had to provide the bikes for yourself, you'd probably have more than two bikes in circulation too.

JohnDThompson 

Let's see... 3 road bikes, 2 fixed gears, 1 commuter, 1 loaded tourer, 1 3-speed, 1 tandem, and 1 bare road frame waiting for build-up.

mustang1

1 rb commuter (originally bought for training/fun)
1 90s mtb (needed money spent on it to bring it up to scratch, the money was used on above rb)

cgjane

2.Both Road Bikes, one is a fixie.

Daniel1500

I have one road. During my early teen years I had countless Wal Mart mountain bikes, tho Not surprisingly, they're in a landfill somewhere.

Tentatively I'm planning on keeping my current road bike for 3 more years (til I graduate college) then I'll treat myself then

BMWdoc

4
2 road
1 TT
1Fixed
I find it hard to pass up good deals so i have the 2 road bikes which I rotate for my 2 weekend group rides. The TT is for local time trials. The fixed for commuting.

schnee

I decided I didn't like my previous post so I'm restating it

1 - Giant OCR Limited, carbon roadie
2 - Ibis Mojo, full-squish mountain bike
3 - Schwinn Paramount, steel roadie
4 - Haro Mary, steel rigid 29er single speed mountain bike

The first two are for goal-oriented 'long rides'
The second two are for fun

caloso

Got the CX bike! I found a NOS Fetish Ankh frame on eBay for a song and I'm building it up with a mishmash of 9-speed DA/Ultegra/105 bits. Can't wait for fall!